Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1887-12-02
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ana as the letter has been referred n, M.
lake great pleasure In stating briefly. and
"a glowing terms, what I am ablc to recall
VI TINS eccentric young woman 5 life
Shariobfe Iorday was born on a FOREIGN
s1rahd, now known as Normandy. named II
honor OF the large speclled gray horse
win thick, piano legs and gross necks. tia,
-oi'o 1fvia there 70 engage in hauling beer
wagons In the land OF tho free and tha bor,..
OF the brave.
Here Charlotte was born In the vear 200
Like the record OF Mr. Suartacus. who /,
speaking Of his own experience, said that N,
early life ran quiet as the clear boo, h
~ilcn he sported, the childhood of Char
.osDe oorday was almost devoid of interest
pcisiS monotonous and unanimous. as q soit
ni'le man SAID to me not long since. refer.
ring to ths climate of the south.
OLE e;iriy turned her attention. howavor
70 tae matter Of patriotism, hoping to oh
tam q livelihood In tho patriot linz sor,e
DAY. She investigated the eg7iovancea ~
france, ana gave her attention almost ex
cinsiyeiy To The invention of some way d,
which to redress these grievances. Sotut
OF them had not been r4iressel for cenfn.
riea, and they ought to have been ashamed Of
themselves
According to all accounts, the Grievance.
VI Franco were, at that time, il full dress
ana short sleeves, ready for tho ball II
open. -
1t fell to the lot Of Charlotte CorfIav +,
open the ball =
Sine was beautifn: girl with clear b,,,c
eyes, placed at equal distances from a al
light colored noe, which was pale when In
fepoSe, but flushed delicately when she wa,
IN bears Her ripe and ruddy French r1outl
opened and closed readily when she was en-
sa9od IN conversation, and her white and
Dsautliul shoulders, ever and anon. yyhiIo she
taike1, bumped themselves like a hired mar
on his way to dinner
one mad, also, trcsses Of hair OF that recuI
lar Titan variety which Is supposed to re
with frecAlcs and high temper. Tho i.is
toFlan says that her hair looked black IA II
divided over her fair forehead anil Luno
back across her s1apely head, but at nirht
as IL was draped across tho richly carved
frame OF the au revoir where tbs fire LIGHT
or the Norman Hose company could play
upon 1t, You would have thought it bright
ana irilanmatory red Charlotte Co-lay
was tall and graceful, and when her elas.f
step ana heroic feet followed the light meas
urc OF some gay French tune at an Octobc,
pumpkin peeiing, she could dance on foq
hours without jarring tho glass in the win
dows very much.
Her costume was simple and did not cosi
great deal It consisted of a Norrnand,
cap male Of cheese cloth in shape like tht
tail OF setting hen, and trimmed in from;
with real French lacs from the ten cent
counter. Her dress was all wool delain,
with pin stripe III it and trimmed with til
same. Her other dresses were different
Her stockings were tall and slender as seer
hanging on the woman clothes line at Caen
but her heart was gay and happy as the day
was long.
Charlotte Corlay was one OF a large
family whose descendants were called Cor
duroy. They were the instigators of q stylt
Of road that has done more to shorten tbs
spinal column and jolt the jejunum into
CHAOS than any other line of inventions
throughout the United States
Charlotte Cortlay had a voice which &C
companied her in all her ranbles, and it is
said that it was very musical and sounded
first rate
Her parents were poor, so she had very
few advantages as will be noticed al once
by the careful student who reads her MSS.
to-day and notices where she has frequently
spelled cabbage with a K She spoke French
duently but was familiar with no other for
eign tongue whatever
< H. l>.aa
felt more especially bitter toward q centle-
man namcl Marat, who was rather literary
in his habits and who also acted as a KIM
of chairman of the National Central CON.
mittee. To his other work be had also ad
ded the tedious and exhaustinr task of pick.
ing ont people and indorsing them as stita-
bic persons to be behead n DciQg q Jour.
nalist ho had to write uard all tho evening
to get the hook fun Of rcd hot political ecli-
torial copy, and then when ho should have
gone to bed and to rest, he had to take the
directory and pick ont enough people for
mess the following day
In this way Marat was kept very busy.
with the foreman on his heels all day and
the gaillotine on his heels all night, and
every man was afraid TO SEQ the dcput,
sheriff coming, for fear he had Subpoena
for him. It was no unusual thing in those
days for a Frenchman To turn OF tho Gas
and go to bed, only to find his shirt collar
all bloody where tire g.illotino hal ingel
his hair just above his Adams apple in the |
morning
Those wore indeed squirrni1g times, as II. /
de Lamartine. q humorous writer of France, /
has so truly said. No man felt perfectly !
safe when he saw Marat at a sociablo or |
cauctls. 1t was impossible 70 tell whether !
he had como to write the thing up for his I
paper or pick out some more PEOPLE to be /
killed by tho administration They got 50 /
that Marat could induce any Of them TO sub /
scribe for his paper, and poOpla advertised |
in his columns for things they did not want /
in order to show that they felt perfectly |
friendly toward him.
1t was at this time that Charlotte Corday |
called one morning ct tho apartments OF |
Mr.. Marat with view to assassinatins him
She sent il worl that young lady from |
Caen desired to see Mr.. Marat for the pur t
pose of paying her subscription. She was /
told that the editor was taking q bath. She |
laughed cold incredulous laugh. for she /
had seen q great many French journalists, /
and when one of them sent word TO her that /
he was bathing she could i'll rcprcss low, |
laugh
Finally She was admitted TO his private /
apartments, where he was indeed in tie /
bath with an old table cloth thrown over /
him, engaged in writing 4 scathing criticism /
on the custom of summer following old /
huckwheat lands and sowing Swedish tUr-
nips on them in July, when the country /
was so crowded for cemetery room.
Charlotte apologized for disturbing the /
great journalist at such time, and remark
ing that we were having rather a bacb ward !
spring produced short stab knife with /
which she cut large overcoat button hole
in the able journalists thorax.
She then passed into the Office, and leav-
ing word to have her paper stopped she went
to the eSccutioner,
Let us learn from this brief bit OF history
never to assassinate any one unless 1t be done